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Bryan Hickerson

Bryan David Hickerson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 13, 1963 in Bemidji, MN
High School: Bemidji HS (Bemidji, MN)
School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 7th round of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1991
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cubs/Rockies 1991-1995

Final Game: September 23, 1995
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1991 27 SFG NL 2 2 .500 3.60 17 6 4 0 0 0 50.0 53 20 20 3 17 3 43 0 0 2 212 100 1.400 9.5 0.5 3.1 7.7 2.53
1992 28 SFG NL 5 3 .625 3.09 61 1 8 0 0 0 87.1 74 31 30 7 21 2 68 1 1 4 345 108 1.088 7.6 0.7 2.2 7.0 3.24
1993 29 SFG NL 7 5 .583 4.26 47 15 5 0 0 0 120.1 137 58 57 14 39 3 69 1 0 4 525 91 1.463 10.2 1.0 2.9 5.2 1.77
1994 30 SFG NL 4 8 .333 5.40 28 14 1 0 0 1 98.1 118 60 59 20 38 6 59 1 1 2 436 74 1.586 10.8 1.8 3.5 5.4 1.55
1995 31 TOT NL 3 3 .500 8.57 56 0 13 0 0 1 48.1 69 52 46 8 28 5 40 1 1 5 239 53 2.007 12.8 1.5 5.2 7.4 1.43
1995 31 CHC NL 2 3 .400 6.82 38 0 8 0 0 1 31.2 36 28 24 3 15 4 28 0 0 3 144 60 1.611 10.2 0.9 4.3 8.0 1.87
1995 31 COL NL 1 0 1.000 11.88 18 0 5 0 0 0 16.2 33 24 22 5 13 1 12 1 1 2 95 46 2.760 17.8 2.7 7.0 6.5 0.92
5 Yrs 21 21 .500 4.72 209 36 31 0 0 2 404.1 451 221 212 52 143 19 279 4 3 17 1757 81 1.469 10.0 1.2 3.2 6.2 1.95
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .500 4.72 58 10 9 0 0 1 112 125 61 59 14 40 5 77 1 1 5 488 81 1.469 10.0 1.2 3.2 6.2 1.95
SFG (4 yrs) 18 18 .500 4.20 153 36 18 0 0 1 356.0 382 169 166 44 115 14 239 3 2 12 1518 89 1.396 9.7 1.1 2.9 6.0 2.08
COL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 11.88 18 0 5 0 0 0 16.2 33 24 22 5 13 1 12 1 1 2 95 46 2.760 17.8 2.7 7.0 6.5 0.92
CHC (1 yr) 2 3 .400 6.82 38 0 8 0 0 1 31.2 36 28 24 3 15 4 28 0 0 3 144 60 1.611 10.2 0.9 4.3 8.0 1.87

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1991 27 SFG NL 50.0 17 6 20 3.60 4.21 0.09 -0.03 98.6 4.04 2 0.2 .7 -0.1 0.6 7 .514 .501 $
1992 28 SFG NL 87.1 61 1 31 3.19 3.93 0.04 -0.28 96.0 3.46 2 0.2 1.4 -0.1 0.8 10 .504 .501 $
1993 29 SFG NL 120.1 47 15 58 4.34 4.52 0.25 -0.01 95.0 4.04 -6 -0.6 .9 -0.1 0.2 8 .487 .496 $187,500
1994 30 SFG NL 98.1 28 14 60 5.49 4.66 0.33 0.08 93.0 4.10 -16 -1.5 1.4 -0.1 -1.0 -9 .445 .491 $270,000
1995 31 CHC NL 31.2 38 0 28 7.96 4.75 0.11 -0.35 95.4 4.09 -14 -1.4 1.3 -0.3 -1.4 -11 .464 .492 $400,000
1995 31 COL NL 16.2 18 0 24 12.96 4.83 -0.29 -0.36 135.9 6.47 -12 -1.2 .8 0.1 -1.0 -11 .435 .493 $
5 Seasons 404.1 209 36 221 4.92 4.42 0.17 -0.09 96.9 4.03 -44 -4.2 1.2 -0.6 -1.8 -6 .480 .496 $857,500
SFG (4 yrs) 356.0 153 36 169 4.27 4.37 0.20 -0.06 95.2 3.91 -18 -1.7 1.2 -0.4 0.6 15 .489 .497 $457,500
COL (1 yr) 16.2 18 0 24 12.96 4.83 -0.29 -0.36 135.9 6.47 -12 -1.2 .8 0.1 -1.0 -11 .435 .493 $
CHC (1 yr) 31.2 38 0 28 7.96 4.75 0.11 -0.35 95.4 4.09 -14 -1.4 1.3 -0.3 -1.4 -11 .464 .492 $400,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1991 27 SFG NL 17 212 193 20 53 11 0 3 6 4 17 43 .275 .333 .378 .712 .340 73 6 0 2 0 3 2
1992 28 SFG NL 61 345 314 31 74 19 1 7 1 6 21 68 .236 .282 .369 .651 .275 116 8 1 4 5 2 3
1993 29 SFG NL 47 525 470 58 137 21 1 14 4 6 39 69 .291 .344 .430 .774 .315 202 11 1 11 4 3 3
1994 30 SFG NL 28 436 392 60 118 22 1 20 2 2 38 59 .301 .363 .515 .879 .312 202 10 1 4 1 6 2
1995 31 CHC NL 38 144 127 28 36 5 1 3 4 2 15 28 .283 .359 .409 .769 .344 52 3 0 2 0 4 1
1995 31 COL NL 18 95 81 24 33 3 2 5 0 1 13 12 .407 .495 .679 1.174 .438 55 2 1 0 0 1 1
1995 31 TOT NL 56 239 208 52 69 8 3 8 4 3 28 40 .332 .414 .514 .928 .381 107 5 1 2 0 5 2
5 Yrs 209 1757 1577 221 451 81 6 52 17 21 143 279 .286 .345 .444 .789 .318 700 40 4 23 10 19 12
162 Game Avg. 58 488 438 61 125 22 2 14 5 6 40 77 .286 .345 .444 .789 .318 194 11 1 6 3 5 3
MLB Averages .262 .331 .400 .731 .292

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1991 27 SFG NL 1.1 0.1 225 0.6 3.1 -2.5 .76 0.1 0.8 3.0 0.3 0.76 1.8 2 1 8
1992 28 SFG NL 3.4 0.4 357 0.0 5.9 -5.9 .98 0.4 -0.4 5.6 0.6 0.98 3.6 25 13 22
1993 29 SFG NL -2.4 -0.2 538 0.7 8.3 -7.6 .91 -0.2 1.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.91 -2.3 9 3 20
1994 30 SFG NL -14.0 -1.4 442 -0.8 7.4 -8.2 1.00 -1.1 0.3 -10.9 -1.1 1.00 -13.4 6 3 4
1995 31 TOT NL -19.2 -1.8 248 -0.5 3.5 -4.0 .95 -0.7 0.2 -23.8 -2.1 0.95 -15.0 18 13 21
1995 31 CHC NL -10.2 -1.0 150 -0.1 2.7 -2.8 1.11 0.1 -0.1 -6.4 -0.6 1.11 -1.1 15 9 13
1995 31 COL NL -9.0 -0.9 98 -0.4 0.8 -1.2 .71 -0.8 0.2 -17.4 -1.5 0.71 -13.9 3 4 8
5 Yrs -31.2 -3.0 1810 0.2 28.3 -28.1 .93 -1.6 1.7 -26.8 -2.3 0.93 -25.2 60 33 75

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1991 27 SFG NL 17 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 3 .500 1 2 0 0 3 50% 54.0 76 30 4 1 0 3 3.8 2.8 5.2 78 3 3 0 0 88
1992 28 SFG NL 61 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 56.0 56 56 26 5 0 1 7.0 0.0 4.0 51 1 0 0 0 51
1993 29 SFG NL 47 15 7 3 5 2 1 10 5 .667 1 3 0 0 6 40% 46.8 59 17 29 8 4 3 5.4 5.8 5.3 77 8 5 1 0 103
1994 30 SFG NL 28 14 3 7 4 0 3 5 9 .357 2 0 0 0 9 64% 46.2 69 6 21 9 2 5 4.6 4.5 5.8 89 4 5 5 0 111
4 Yrs 153 36 12 12 12 2 4 19 17 .528 4 5 0 0 18 50% 48 76 6 80 23 6 12 4.8 4.7 5.4 81 16 13 6 0 111
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -14 4.6 4.5 6.1 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1991 27 SFG NL 17 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0% 6 .760 2 1 8 3 1 7 4 7 6 2 6 1 5.2 29
1992 28 SFG NL 61 60 8 5 3 5 0 5 0% 14 8 39 11 28% 7 .983 25 13 22 20 14 26 23 37 27 16 34 12 4.2 20
1993 29 SFG NL 47 32 5 0 2 1 0 1 0% 7 6 11 4 36% 7 .907 9 3 20 11 3 18 8 24 14 7 16 2 3.8 19
1994 30 SFG NL 28 14 1 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 17 8 47% 6 .996 6 3 4 3 4 7 8 6 8 3 9 2 3.7 23
1995 31 TOT NL 56 56 13 3 3 4 1 3 25% 13 9 31 11 35% .951 18 13 21 16 12 28 17 39 8 26 13 11 2.6 17
1995 31 CHC NL 38 38 8 2 3 3 1 2 33% 12 9 24 7 29% 8 1.113 15 9 13 14 8 16 14 24 4 19 9 9 2.5 16
1995 31 COL NL 18 18 5 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 4 57% 6 .706 3 4 8 2 4 12 3 15 4 7 4 2 2.8 20
5 Yrs 209 173 31 9 9 11 2 9 18% 37 24 104 34 33% .932 60 33 75 53 34 86 60 113 63 54 78 28 3.6 20

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1991 27 SFG NL 212 25% 1.4% 20.3% 8.0% 6.6% 26% 0.55 0.84 69% 30% 3.6% 14% 39 6 15%
1992 28 SFG NL 345 32% 2.0% 19.7% 6.1% 7.8% 37% 0.63 0.86 71% 18% 5.3% 13% 57 8 14%
1993 29 SFG NL 525 23% 2.7% 13.1% 7.4% 6.9% 26% 0.72 0.95 74% 23% 7.2% 15% 102 11 11%
1994 30 SFG NL 436 18% 4.6% 13.5% 8.7% 9.9% 36% 0.85 1.13 72% 20% 12.2% 8% 84 10 12%
1995 31 TOT NL 239 38% 3.4% 16.7% 11.7% 8.0% 28% 1.24 1.54 67% 21% 11.6% 8% 44 5 11%
1995 31 CHC NL 144 40% 2.1% 19.4% 10.4% 6.3% 25% 1.15 1.44 67% 23% 7.1% 9% 26 3 12%
1995 31 COL NL 95 35% 5.3% 12.6% 13.7% 10.5% 30% 1.38 1.71 67% 19% 18.5% 7% 18 2 11%
5 Yrs 1757 26% 3.0% 15.9% 8.1% 7.9% 31% 0.77 1.01 71% 22% 8.1% 12% 326 40 12%
MLB Averages 42% 2.3% 15.4% 8.8% 7.1% 31% 0.82 1.08 72% 21% 6.8% 16% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1991 27 SFG NL 213 783 3.68 498 64% 23% 16% 30% 31% 77% 4% 49% 79% 60% 6% 12 5 26% 55 32 2 33% 7 4 -1 0 0
1992 28 SFG NL 346 1228 3.55 820 67% 23% 16% 29% 31% 77% 2% 51% 79% 58% 4% 13 6 30% 105 70 2 18% 19 5 -1 0 0
1993 29 SFG NL 525 1751 3.34 1128 64% 20% 14% 29% 37% 80% 2% 51% 82% 55% 4% 23 12 19% 99 62 5 17% 20 8 0 0 1
1994 30 SFG NL 424 1532 3.61 948 62% 22% 14% 29% 35% 78% 4% 48% 81% 56% 8% 33 12 20% 83 41 4 22% 12 15 12 0 1
1995 31 TOT NL 238 945 3.97 561 59% 30% 14% 25% 30% 69% 5% 41% 80% 57% 8% 18 9 18% 42 15 1 23% 4 4 1 0 3
1995 31 CHC NL 143 582 4.07 349 60% 32% 15% 25% 29% 68% 6% 41% 78% 57% 7% 10 3 19% 27 9 1 18% 2 3 1 0 0
1995 31 COL NL 95 363 3.82 212 58% 29% 11% 26% 33% 70% 3% 41% 83% 57% 8% 8 6 16% 15 6 0 36% 2 1 0 0 3
5 Yrs 1746 6239 3.57 3955 63% 23% 15% 29% 33% 77% 3% 49% 81% 57% 6% 99 44 22% 384 220 14 22% 62 36 11 0 5
MLB Averages 3.67 61% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 19% 27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1991 27 SFG NL 212 53 22 1 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 6 4 1 67% 2 2 1 89 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1992 28 SFG NL 345 74 24 2 7 0 4 6 1 5 2 19 12 0 63% 3 4 1 118 1 6 14% 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1993 29 SFG NL 525 137 17 6 14 0 6 13 1 7 7 25 15 3 60% 3 4 0 200 4 6 40% 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1994 30 SFG NL 436 118 12 0 20 0 6 18 2 7 13 19 11 2 58% 2 2 0 164 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1995 31 TOT NL 239 69 8 0 8 0 9 7 1 6 2 14 9 4 64% 2 5 0 92 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1995 31 CHC NL 144 36 7 0 3 0 5 3 0 2 1 9 4 4 44% 1 3 0 53 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1995 31 COL NL 95 33 1 0 5 0 4 4 1 4 1 5 5 0 100% 1 2 0 39 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Yrs 1757 451 83 9 52 0 28 47 5 26 26 83 51 10 61% 12 17 2 663 17 21 45% 17 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 39 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1991 27 2 2 .500 3.60 17 6 4 0 0 0 50.0 53 20 20 3 17 3 43 0 0 2 212 100 1.400 9.5 0.5 3.1 7.7 2.53 100
1992 28 7 5 .583 3.28 78 7 12 0 0 0 137.1 127 51 50 10 38 5 111 1 1 6 557 105 1.201 8.3 0.7 2.5 7.3 2.92 105
1993 29 14 10 .583 3.74 125 22 17 0 0 0 257.2 264 109 107 24 77 8 180 2 1 10 1082 98 1.323 9.2 0.8 2.7 6.3 2.34 98
1994 30 18 18 .500 4.20 153 36 18 0 0 1 356.0 382 169 166 44 115 14 239 3 2 12 1518 89 1.396 9.7 1.1 2.9 6.0 2.08 89
1995 31 21 21 .500 4.72 209 36 31 0 0 2 404.1 451 221 212 52 143 19 279 4 3 17 1757 81 1.469 10.0 1.2 3.2 6.2 1.95 81

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1991 27 2 3 .400 4.30 46.0 55 24 22 3 18 40 0 1.587 10.8 3.5 7.8 2.22 0.6 17
1992 28 4 4 .500 4.05 80.0 81 40 36 8 23 62 1 1.300 9.1 2.6 7.0 2.70 0.9 61
1993 29 5 7 .417 4.62 115.0 139 66 59 14 40 66 1 1.557 10.9 3.1 5.2 1.65 1.1 47
1994 30 5 9 .357 5.77 131.0 167 93 84 28 54 78 1 1.687 11.5 3.7 5.4 1.44 1.9 28
1995 31 1 5 .167 7.36 55.0 73 50 45 8 30 46 1 1.873 11.9 4.9 7.5 1.53 1.3 56
5 Yrs 17 28 .378 5.19 427.0 515 273 246 61 165 292 4 1.593 10.9 6.2 1.77 1.3 209

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1994 NL  20 (4th)

                                         

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